IN celebration of World Population Day, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) called for the advancement of gender equality and the attainment of the demographic dividend through investing in people and opportunities.

'The country will need to work toward demographic resilience: the quality or state of being able to adapt and thrive amid demographic changes,' said UNFPA Philippines Country Representative Dr. Leila Saiji Joudane.